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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

No 10... Heidi from Red Letter Quilts! Congratulations! Your $25 gift certificate from the Fat Quarter Shop should be arriving in your inbox soon.Many thanks to all the participants (32, whoohoo!), small was clearly an inspiring theme - and it may have helped that we extended the deadline as well. Also a special thanks to all of those who make a dedicated post and project just for le challenge - and of course encourage their readers to link up to le challenge too! We do it every month, and we know how time-consuming it is. So now on to ERA, there is plenty of time, 2 months - or alternatively you may go on holiday and end up making something last minute - like myself... Actually I have an idea already, and it may involve using some fabric I have been itching to cut! What are you thinking? Will it be about the fabric, the style - maybe some vintage pattern? I am really looking forward to see all your interpretations.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Some of you might remember last year we had an extended challenge over the summer, with no link in August, which gave you two months to work on a project or just take a little break! Well we're doing it again so this theme's link party will be in September.

We've decided to leave the link open a few hours longer each month (until 8pm GMT on the 16th) so you've a little extra time and can help spread the word about le challenge.

Check back tomorrow to find out the new theme and if you are new to Le Challenge find more information here.

For a chance to win a $25 Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate make sure you link up your finished projects and please remember to include the button or a link to Le Challenge in your blog post or Flickr description.

Saturday, 5 July 2014

Today we have the super talented Kelly from Jeli Quilts sharing some SMALL inspiration with us and showing some of her gorgeous makes!

I love the theme of this months Le Challenge, and so was so happy to be asked to guest post about it and hopefully give a little inspiration. There are so many directions you could take with the theme 'small', but for me two in particular stand out.
Small makes - I love them! Perfect for when you need that quick sewing fix, which for me is half way through a quilt or in avoidance of hand sewing the binding. Bags, pouches, coasters, cushions - they all fit that small make bill and generally take only a couple of hours to whip up.

Here are a few of my favourite small makes made over the last couple of years:

The other direction is to literally go 'small' and make tiny blocks. When I look at certain types of quilt blocks (mainly geese, I admit!), the first thing I want to do is scale them down to ridiculous size and see if I can still make them. There is just something so ridiculously cool about a teeny tiny quilt block, well to me anyway ;-)

They are perfect blocks to turn into pincushions, mug rugs, pouches and tote bags!

Hopefully that has given you some inspiration for this months challenge, I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Thank you so much Kelly! I know that's inspired me to get sewing and finish my small project :)Create something based on the theme 'small' using any type of craft and come and link up your finished project (with a blog post or Flickr picture) on the 15th July for a random chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop!